2025 Diamond Notes: Week 8
April 24, 2025
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Throughout the 2025 North Carolina high school baseball season, Prep Baseball NC and its dedicated staff will provide extensive coverage of all aspects of the sport across the state. Our coverage will feature Inside the Box, a daily scoreboard, live scouting at high school games, a maintained Heat Sheet, and ongoing tracking of standout player performances.
Each week, our scouting staff will analyze box scores, consult with high school coaches, college recruiters, and professional scouts to select the Player and Pitcher of the Week. Coaches will have the opportunity to nominate players from their teams for consideration. The recipients of these awards will be announced every Tuesday throughout the spring season. Each player submitted and considered for the Player of the Week Award will be recognized in the weekly Diamond Notes release. This list of players will allow fans, coaches, and scouts a place each week to follow some of the best performances weekly in North Carolina.
2025 Prep Baseball NC High School Coverage
Diamond Notes: Week 8
Pitcher
Zack Wester, RHP, Pisgah High School, 2027 (Pitcher of the Week)
- Threw a perfect game at Shelby Easter Tournament: 7 IP, 73 pitches, 10 K, 0 BB, 0 H
- Earned a 6-0 win
- Week Record: 1-2
Wade Thompson, RHP, Charlotte Christian, 2025
- 2.2 scoreless innings in relief with 6 strikeouts to secure the save in a 2-1 win vs Hough
- Thompson is 2-0 on the mound with 30 strikeouts in 19.2 innings of work with a 0.71 earned-run average (ERA) in 12 appearances this season.
- Week Team Record: 3-0
Davis Cabbage, RHP, Hickory Grove Christian School, 2025
- 3 hitless innings in combined perfect game, facing 9 batters and striking out 8
- Week Team Record: 1-1
Ben Green, RHP, Hickory Grove Christian School, 2025
- Threw 2 innings in combined perfect game, faced 6 hitters, struck out 5
Peyton Crews, RHP, East Forsyth, 2027
- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K in 1-0 loss vs Reagan
- Team’s Week Record: 0-2
Logan Stump, RHP, Glenn HS, 2025
- Complete game shutout: 7 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 9 K
- Improved season record to 4-1 with 42 IP, 59 K, 1.83 ERA, .206 BAA
- Week Record: 3-1
Heath Craver, RHP, High Point Christian Academy, 2026
- Complete game: 7 IP, 3 infield hits, 0 BB, 17 K
- Season: 33 IP, 17 H, 4 ER, 9 BB, 63 K, 0.857 ERA, 0.796 WHIP
- Team’s Week Record: 5-0
Sean Darrigrand, RHP, Wake Homeschool Warriors, 2025
- 4.1 IP, 1 save, 1 R, 2 H, 3 BB, 4 K
- Season: 17.2 IP, 14 ER, 12 K, 9 BB
Garrett Long, LHP, Porter Ridge, 2025
- Win over Sun Valley HS
- CG 7IP, 4H, 0R, 9K
Position Player
Caden Davidson, 1B, TC Roberson, 2025 (Player of the Week)
- 7-10, HR, 2B, 6 RBI, 5 Runs
- Went 3-3 vs WCA (Cozart - Hammonds)
- TC Roberson’s Week Record: 3-0
Bowen Powell, SS, Hickory Ridge, 2025
- 5-11, .455 AVG, 1 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 5 Runs
- Team’s Week Record: 2-1
Weston Rhem, OF, Broughton, 2026
- 8-12, .667 AVG, .692 OBP, 3 doubles
- Batting .493 through 21 games
- Broughton’s Week Record: 2-1
Matthew Vannoy, Broughton, 2025
- Collected 100th career hit on 4/17
Nathan Dowdy, OF, Hickory Grove Christian School, 2027
- 4-6, 2 RBI, 2 SB
- Delivered go-ahead hits in loss vs Metrolina Christian
- Season: .462 AVG, 18 H, 11 SB in 12 games
- 6-8, .750 AVG, 2 doubles, 4 RBI
- Season: .320 AVG, .933 OPS
- Burns’ Week Record: 2-1
Nick Williams, SS, Burns, 2025
- 6-10, .600 AVG, 2 doubles, 8 RBI, 4 Runs
- 20 SB on the year
Max Davis, 2B, Burns, 2027
- .500 AVG, HR, 3 RBI, 5 Runs, 3 SB
- Batting .410 with 5 doubles, 1 HR, 18 Runs (Sophomore LHH) on the year
Aubrey Stanley, 1B, Cleveland, 2025
- 5-9, .556 AVG, 6 RBI, 1 HR
- Led team at plate during JCEI Tournament Championship
- Season: .522 AVG, 2 HR, 21 RBI, 18 BB
Chappy Smith, 2B, TC Roberson, 2027
- 6-8, 6 Runs
Jace Jones, OF, Wake Homeschool Warriors, 2027
- .600 AVG, 1.833 OPS, 1 HR, 2 doubles, 2 RBI, 5 Runs, 4 BB
- Season: .423 AVG, 1.308 OPS, 6 HR, 28 RBI, 22 Runs, 17 BB
- Team’s Week Record: 2-2
Jacob Seamon, OF, Metrolina Christian Academy, 2027
- .500 on the week - 3-6, HR, 5 Runs, 2 RBI
- On the year: .426, 7HR, 29R, 14RBI
Jonathan Reece, C, Christ School, 2025
- Reece homered in both games of Christ School's doubleheader against Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
Dual
Wyatt McSwain, OF, Crest High, 2025
- 6-9 at the plate
- 5.2 IP on the mound with a win and a save
- Named Shelby Easter Tournament MVP
- Crest’s Week Record: 3-0
Caleb Lynn, OF/RHP, Cleveland, 2027
- 6-12, .500 AVG, 1 double, 5 Runs
- 6.1 IP, 1 Win, 8 K
- Named Johnston County Easter Invitational MVP
- Season: .408 AVG, 2 HR, 26 Runs; 5-3 on the mound with 46 K
- Week Record: 3-0
Hunter Kelley, LHP, High Point Christian Academy, 2026
- 6.2 IP, 2 ER, 11 K, 4 BB in 5-2 win
- Settled down after working out of a jam in the 1st inning to throw 5.2 shutout frames
- Season Pitching: 6-2, 33 IP, 2.52 ERA, 56 K
- Season Batting: .439 AVG, 1.207 OPS, 7 doubles, 2 HR, 14 BB
Jay Secretarski, SS, Asheville HS, 2025
- Secretarski hit two home runs, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs to lead the Cougars to a 4-1 win over McDowell. He also closed the game with 1.2 innings of scoreless, hitless pitching.
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